Macgyver -2016- - Season 1 -

The pilot episode, "The Rising," immediately establishes the stakes. Mac is a soft-spoken MIT graduate with a photographic memory and a genius for physics, chemistry, and improvisation. After his mentor and father-figure, James "Jim" Callahan, is killed during a mission, Mac is recruited by (Sandrine Holt), the stern head of the DXS.

: A sarcastic and skilled hacker recruited from prison. MacGyver -2016- - Season 1

Kessler hesitated. That was the opening. The pilot episode, "The Rising," immediately establishes the

The season consists of , each titled after a mundane object Mac uses to save the day. Key Plot Point The Rising : A sarcastic and skilled hacker recruited from prison

Mac first encounters the assassin Murdoc; Bozer learns about Mac's real job.

Angus MacGyver, kneeling beside an open junction box, didn’t look up. He was threading copper wire through the spring of an old clothespin. “Actually, Jack, Armillaria ostoyae is a fungus. It covers nearly four square miles in Oregon. Kessler’s just made it... hungrier.”